Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्चापि संक्रुद्धो राक्षसं क्रूरमाहवे । अलनम्बुषं शरैस्ती&णैरविव्याध बलिनां वर:,इधर बलवानोंमें श्रेष्ठ सात्यकिने भी अत्यन्त कुपित होकर अपने तीखे बाणोंद्वारा संग्रामभूमिमें क्रूर राक्षस अलम्बुषको बींध डाला

Transliteration

sātyakiś cāpi saṅkruddho rākṣasaṁ krūram āhave | alanambuṣaṁ śarais tīkṣṇair avivyādha balināṁ varaḥ ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—बलवानांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ सात्यकीही क्रोधाने पेटून रणात त्या क्रूर राक्षस अलंबुषाला तीक्ष्ण बाणांनी भेदून टाकले.

Word by Word

सात्यकिःSātyaki

चand

अपिalso

संक्रुद्धःenraged, very angry

राक्षसम्the demon (Rākṣasa)

क्रूरम्cruel, fierce

आहवेin battle

अलम्बुषम्Alambuṣa (name of the demon)

शरैःwith arrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

अविव्याधpierced, struck through

बलिनाम्of the strong (men)

वरःthe best, the foremost

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Alambusha

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield context, the verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma: confronting destructive cruelty with disciplined force to protect one’s side. Anger is present, yet the action is framed as decisive restraint of a violent aggressor within the rules of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki, angered in combat, pierces the fierce rākṣasa warrior Alambusha with sharp arrows, overpowering him as a leading champion among strong fighters.